[RocketSyntax]

i disagree. i used to run into people all of the time in the kitchen that provided new insight into problems

[ngc248]

or in the loo and afterwards while washing hands :).

On a serious note, chance meetings are just one way that innovation happens. Not all innovations are created equally

[ldiracdelta]

I'm sorry. This does not constitute a randomized, controlled, double-blind study. You cannot know anything until you've passed that gantlet. Nothing worth knowing is actually true until this step has been achieved.